Tool



Nov. 17, 1925' 1,562,083

. w. F. EVANS TOOL Filed March 21, 1924 Patented Nov. 17, 1925.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAI FRANKLIN EVANS, OF SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO HARRY LEVEBING EVANS, OI NEW YORK, N. Y. i

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Applicationfiled larch 21, 1924. Serial No. 700,760.

To all whom it may camera:

Be it known that I, WILLIAMF. Evans,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Schenectady, in the countyof Schenectady and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Tools, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tools and more particularly to a combinationwrench and pliers, and its objects are to provide a tool of simple anddurable construction which may be used for ulling or removing nails,cotter-pins, and li e parts, or as a wire cutter and adjustable pie-wrench.

' These objects and ot ier advantageous ends which will be describedhereinafter, I attain in the following manner, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings in which a Figure 1 is a side elevation partlybroken away of a tool constructed in accordance with my invention,

Fi 2 an edge view of the tool looking to the right, and

Fi 3 a perspective view of the gripping mem r which forms a part of myinvention.

Referring to the drawin 1 indicates my improved tool which consists of apair of levers 2 and 3 adjustably pivoted at 4 and having handles 5 and6 on one end and gripping aws 7 and 8 on the other end. Lever 2 ispreferably of solid cross-section and lever 3 of U cross-section so asto embrace lever 2 in the manner shown and being preferably composed ofa comparatively thin sheet metal.

The adjustable pivot 4 consists of arcuate notches 9 in lever 2, havingentrance openings 10 of less width than the diameters of the notches,and a pin 11 attached to the lever 3 and fitting within the notches andhaving its opposite sides 12 reduced or cut away to the size of theentrance openings. To adjust lever 2, lever 3 is turned until pin 11slips out of notch 9 through its opening 10. The pin is then placed ineither of the other notches 9 by retracing the step for its removal. v

Gri pin jaw 7 consists of an extension 13 curved and roughened on itsouter side 14 and provided wlth a gripping end15 and a gripping innerside 16. Gripping jaw 8 consists of a gripping member 17 secured at 18between the sides of the U-lever 3 and provided with a gripping end 19and a gripping side 20 corresponding to the gripping end and side of jaw7. The gripping side 20 is continued along the edge of the sides oflever 3 as shown at 21. The grippin parts 15, 16, 19, 20, and 21 areroughened in any suitable manner, preferably as shown, so that the ends15 and 19 will grip a nail, cotter-pin, or like parts without cuttin orbarring the same, and the sides 16 and 20 will readily grip a pipe orother cylindrical part. The ends 15 and 19 are preferably arranged sothat a plane passing between the ends will pass in the dlrection ofpivot 4 and will intersect a plane passing betweenthe sides 16 and 20.

Lever 3 is rovided with a pair of alined notches 22 a apted to coactwith one of the notches 9 to serve as cutters for cutting wire etc.

To remove a nail 23, a cotter-pin, or like parts, from a body 24 whichmay be a board, nut, shaft, bolt, etc., the nail is grip ed between ends15 and 19 as shown in ig. 1. The surface 14 of the tool is thenfulcrumed on body 24 and the nail withdrawn therefrom. To grip a pipe orother cylindrical part between the sides 16 and 20, the levers areadjusted so that the pi e fits between the sides.- The tool is then rmlygripped by the hand and turned, the teeth of the sides cuttin into thewith t e tool.

With atoolsuch as above set forth extension 13 is fulcrumed on the bodyfor removing nails, cotter-pins, and like parts, and is utilized toserve as a pipe wrench.

One of the distinctive features of my invention resides in the specificarrangement of the gripping parts 15, 16, 19, 20, and 21 with referenceto the longitudinal plane of the handle portions of the'levers 2 and 3,the handle portions of said levers being normally in substantiallyparallel relation, it being noted that the gripping parts 16 and 20, 21are arranged at substantially right angles to the longitudinal plane ofthe handle members, while the gripping parts 15 and 19 are arrangedsubstantially at an an le of 45 degrees to said handle members an saidfirst-named gripping parts, this construction being produced by thesubstantially semicircular formation of the gripping jaw 7 and thearrangement of the jaw 8 with reference to the lever 3 when mounted inpipe and causing it to turn connection therewith. It will also be notedthat the gripping jaws are located in one side of a plane extendinglongitudmally through the shanks of the levers III the pivotalconnection thereof. By reason of the specific construction of the toolherein shown and described. the pulling of nails and similar devicesgripped between ,the faces and 19, as seen in Fig. 1 of the drawing, ismaterially facilitated under comparatively slight manual power by virtueof the leverage obtained, as will be apparent; while in the use of thetool as a pipe wrench, after the jaws have been set on a pipe underslight gripping pressure-applied. to the handle members 5 and 6, the

entire pressure or ower for turning the pipe, or other body, is appliedto the handle member 6 and again by virtue of the leverage attained,governed by the. specific location of the notches 9 in the lever 2 andthe location of the pin 11in the lever 3, and also by reason of thepower and strength produced at the pivotal connection of the levers 2and 3. At this time, attention is also directed to the fact that byreason of the construction of the notches 9 and the shank of. the pin11, the accidental detachment of the levers 2 and 3 is obviated. While Ihave described my invention as taking a particular form, it will beunderstood that the various parts may be changed without departing fromthe spirit thereof, and hence I do not limit myself to the preciseconstruction set forth, but consider that I am at liberty to make suchchanges and alterations as fairly come within the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. A tool of the class described comprisingtwo independently formed levers, means for detachably coupling saidlevers together to form pivotal connection for said levers, said leversbeing provided at one end vportion thereof with gripping jaws, the othrend portions of the levers extending beyond the pivotal connectionthereof and normally in substantially parallel relation when the 'jawsthereof are in juxtaposition, and the gripping jaws of said levers beingdivided into'two gripping faces, one of the faces of veach jaw beingarranged at substantially right angles to the longitudinal plane of saidlevers, and the other of said faces being arranged at an angle ofsubstantially forty-five degrees to the first-named faces and thelongitudinal plane of the levers.

2. A tool of the class described comprising two independently formedlevers, means for detachably coupling said levers together to formpivotal connection for said levers, said levers bein provided at one endportion thereof wit gripping jaws, the other end portions of the leversextending beyond the pivotal connection thereof and normally insubstantially parallel relation when the jaws thereof are injuxtaposition, and the gripping jaws of said levers being divided intotwo gripping faces, one of the faces of each jaw being arranged atsubstantially right angles to the longitudinal plane of said levers, theother of said faces being arranged atan angle of substantially fortyfive degrees to the first-named faces and the longitudinal plane of thelovers, and one of said levers being of channel formation to receive theother of said levers.

3. A tool provided with relatively movable jaw members, said jaw membersbeing provided with angularly disposed gripping faces, one of the facesof each of said jaw members extending substantially at right angles tothe handle portion of the tool, and the other faces of said jawsmembersbeing disposed at an angle of approximately forty-five degrees to thefirst-named faces and the handle portion of the tool.

4. A tool of the class described composed of two independently formedlevers, one of said levers being of channel formation to receive theother of said levers, means for detachably and pivotally connecting saidlevers, one end portion of the first-named lever bein offset andfashioned to form a gripping aw having a roughened convex faceandincluding a face disposed at an angle to the convex face, the otherof said jaws being substantially semicircular in form at one end portionthereof and fashioned to form gripping faces disposed at an angle toeach other, one of the gripping faces of each of said levers beingarranged substantially at right angles to the shank portions of saidlevers, and the other of said gripping faces being arranged at an angleof approximately forty-five degrees to the first-named faces and saidshanks.

5. A tool of the class described composed of two independently formedlevers, one of said levers being of channel formation to receive theother of said levers, means for detachably and pivotally connecting saidlevers, one end portion of the first-named lever being offset andfashioned to form a gripping jaw having a roughened convex face andincluding a face disposed at an angle to the convex face, the other ofsaid jaws being substantially semicircularin form at one end portionthereof and fashioned to form gripping faces disposed at an angle toeach other, one of the gripping faces of each of said levers beingarranged substantially at right angles to the shank portions of saidlevers and the other of said gripping faces being arranged at an angleof approximately forty-five degrees to the firstnamed faces and saidshanks, and said gripping faces of the separate levers being no ilocated at one side of a plane extending longitudinally through theshanks of said levers and the pivotal connection thereof.

6. A tool of the class described, composed of two independently formedlevers, one of said levers being of channel formation to receive theother of said levers, means for detachably and pivotally connecting saidlevers, one end portion ofthe first-named lever being offset andfashioned to form a gripping jaw having a roughened convex face andincluding a face disposed at an angle to the convex face, the other ofsaid jaws being substantially semicircular in form at one end portionthereof and fashioned to form gripping faces disposed at an angle toeach other, one of the grippin faces of each of said levers beingarranged substantially at right angles to the shank portions of saidlevers and the other of said ipping faces being arranged 'at an arige ofapproximately forty-five degrees to the named faces and said shanks, andthe grip-- ping partially formed by a body formed independent of saidlever and secured thereto.

7. A tool of the class described comprising faces of the first-namedlever being two independently formed levers, one of said levers beingfashioned from comparatively thin sheet metal to form of the handle andshank portion thereof a channel to receive the other of said levers, thejaw end portion of the first-named lever being oflset upwardly andoutwardly to fo'ri'n a jaw incinbcr, a jaw block mounted between theseparate plates of said jaw member to form at the jaw end portion ofsaid levertwo gripping faces disposed at an angle to each other, theother of said levers bein provided at one end portion therewith wit 1 anupwardly and downwardly curved jaw member having two. 7 gripping facesdisposed at an angle to each other, one of the gripping said jaw membersbeing arranged at substantiall right angles to the longitudinal plane.of the shank of said levers, and the other gripping faces of saidlevers being ,arranged at an angle to said first-named faces and thelongitudinal plane of the "shanks of said levers.-

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WILLIAM FRANKLIN EVANS.

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